2022 is the Year of the Passion Project: what I learned from mine and why you need one

“So basically what you’re saying is that you won covid,” a new friend joked recently over brunch after finding out that I released my debut novel, Trading Secrets, in May 2020, at the height of the pandemic lockdown. I certainly wouldn’t say my pandemic experience felt like ‘winning’ by any metric. I did, however, accomplish something I’d only dreamed of for nearly a decade, writing a book and releasing it into the world, and that was a pretty incredible feeling. I’m pleased to say the Trading S...